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Eddie Scarry / Washington Examiner:
The judge in a preliminary hearing over Jim Acosta's White House press pass delays a ruling until Thursday, after hearing arguments from CNN and the DOJ — U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly said he is delaying a decision in CNN's lawsuit against the White House until Thursday while he considers the merits of both sides.
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CNN:
Responding to CNN's lawsuit, the Department of Justice says the White House can pick and choose which journalists it grants permanent press passes to
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Fox, ABC, NBC, NYT, AP, Bloomberg, First Look Media, Politico, EW Scripps, USA Today, and WaPo say they are filing amicus briefs supporting CNN in WH lawsuit
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Gerret Von Nordheim / European Journalism Observatory:
Study: analysis of 3M articles from 2004 to 2016 shows quotations of social media plateaued at the start of the decade but have increased in the last few years — It feels as if half the world usually sees Donald Trump's latest tweets - because the media quote them, comment on them and inadvertently help them to spread even further.
Jon Levine / The Wrap:
The week before the election, “caravan” was said 1,202 times on Fox and 834 times on CNN, but only 203 and 75 times on those same channels the week after — In the run-up to the 2018 midterm elections, news of a migrant caravan moving through Mexico toward the United States dominated the airwaves.
Elizabeth Jensen / NPR:
NPR newsroom diversity report: 57% are women, 27% are people of color, up 2% YoY, largely due to rise in Latinx employees, which comprise 8% of staff — Having a diverse newsroom is crucial if NPR wants to tell stories that matter to an increasingly diverse country.
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@marcusryder and @chiragwakaskar
Kali Hays / WWD:
Sources: Seventeen magazine is cutting down its print edition from the current bimonthly schedule to special standalone issues starting next year — The 75-year-old title will no longer have a regular print schedule, as Hearst continues to change under its new magazines president.
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Eric Johnson / Recode:
Q&A with Daily Beast Editor-in-Chief Noah Shachtman on the site's role as a “high-end tabloid”, access journalism, and social media for reporters — The site's new Editor in Chief Noah Shachtman wants to take “full, big, considered swings” at the targets who deserve it.
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Comcast makes Tubi, a free, ad-supported streaming video app with ~10K movies and TV shows, available to its Xfinity X1 customers, the third OTT service on X1 — Comcast is bringing Tubi's free, ad-supported service with almost 10,000 movies and TV show titles to its Xfinity X1 customers nationwide.
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The Wrap, MediaPost, Broadcasting & Cable and Adweek
Sahil Patel / Digiday:
Defy Media was brought down by its poor investments, rising debt, and a dependence on YouTube ad revenue after platforms like Go90 stopped buying content — Life was good for Defy Media in early 2017. The digital media company behind YouTube heavyweights such as Smosh and Clevver …
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@teamyoutube and @bmorrissey
New York Times:
National Book Award for nonfiction goes to Jeffrey C. Stewart, author of The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke; nominees included Adam Winkler and Sarah Smarsh — • Sigrid Nunez wins the fiction prize for “The Friend” — • Jeffrey C. Stewart has won the prize for nonfiction …
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@asymptotejrnl and HuffPost
Jack Nicas / New York Times:
Jack Nicas, who covers Apple and other tech companies for The New York Times, describes the new tools and old-school methods he uses to cover Silicon Valley — Reporting on secretive technology companies sometimes means finding people who don't want to be found. Jack Nicas, who covers Apple, relies on some old-school methods.
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@puiwingtam
Todd Spangler / Variety:
Latino-focused digital media company Mitu rehires Roy Burstin as CEO and raises $10M led by LEAP Global Partners — Mitu is still alive and kicking: The Hispanic digital-media company has brought back co-founder Roy Burstin as CEO and received an infusion of $10 million in new capital.
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Tubefilter, The Wrap and Deadline
Jim Waterson / The Guardian:
The Financial Times is using a bot to warn its journalists if there are too many male voices in an article, as it tries to attract more female readers — Paper develops bot in attempt to force writers to look include more expert women in pieces — The Financial Times is automatically warning …
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